Body color: Light brown or tan w/ dark brown or black spotting and vague mottling on back and sides; tips of jaws blackened; membranes of lower fins blackened.
Peritoneum color: dark Shape between eyes: convex
Counts: D:XIII,13-16, Ar:7-8, P1:17-19, GR:29-34, LLp:45-55, LLs:?-?, V:27
Occurence: Washington - Baja California
Depth: 366 meters Size: 56 cm Species code: 30390
Similar species: Bank RF - body typically dusky red to gray; lateral line in clear zone; gill rakers typically 34-35 (typically 31-33 in Speckled RF). Brown RF - operculum w/ dark blotch; body w/out small dark spots; maxilla extends to rear of orbit (midorbit in speckled); head spines strong, spine 8 present. Yellowtail RF - peritoneum light; head spine count differs; anal-fin margin perpendicular. Widow RF - speckling absent (present in Speckled RF); pelvic- and anal-fin membranes black (dusky in Speckled RF); gill rakers 34-38 and lateral line pores 52-60 (rakers 29-34 and pores 45-55 in Speckled RF).